Road Rally 205 GTi

[Arwel]

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We are all signed up for the Steve Harkness Tyres WAMC Tarmac Championship and the FMP Rally Challenge for 2014. First round of both championships is Rali Cwm Gwendraeth on the 9th of February at Pembrey. There looks to be a strong class entry once again but as of yet I am not sure who else has signed up for the championship. We'll go there with the plan of attacking from stage 1 and setting some good times and hoopefully come away with some good points.

Entry has already gone in for the next event which is the Tour of Epynt on the 9th of March. This is just a round of the WAMC Tarmac Championship. The plan there will be to just gain more experience of the Epynt ranges but increase the pace from the previous 2 visits there.

[MCURZON]

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Gwendraeth should be fun, think you've been a bit harshly seeded though!

See you there

[Arwel]

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Ahhh the seeding isn't the best but we'll have a good go at moving up through the field as the day goes on. See you in the morning

[Arwel]

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Round one didn't exactly go to plan yesterday. Think the photo says it all really.



Had an off into a wall of tyres on SS1 then a misfire on SS2 and lost a lot of time. We set out to claw back as much time as possible as we were languishing down in 45th overall and 8th in class. We managed to climb our way into the top 25 and too 4th in class and going into the last stage we were in a position to take 3rd in class. However, it all went a bit wrong on a sweeping left hander on the circuit. The car stepped out and for some reason didnt come back like it had done all day. Instead we spun off onto the grass and got bogged down due to the amount of water. We lost 2 and a half minutes whilst being pushed out and finished 34th overall and 7th in class. Not a great day, lots of work to do before the tour of epynt on the 9th of March.

[MCURZON]

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Was not a good day for either of us! Turbosport team will hopefully have better luck later in the year! Glad you're both ok after the accident. I'm skipping Tour of Epynt so will see you at Caerwent.
Matt

[Arwel]

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Cheers Matt, yeah we were both fine. Hopefully have some incar up by the morning. Im hoping its out of my system now, nice and calm for the tour of epynt as I wont get away with anything like that up there. Small issue of sorting the car in the 3 weeks that we have but im sure we'll manage it.

[rhodrievans]

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Wild !!!!!

[Arwel]

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Here are a few on boards from Rali Cwm Gwendraeth for you people. Enjoy the moments followed by plenty of colourful language

SS1

http://youtu.be/tVVLGsO6Imc

SS4

http://youtu.be/7kxBnZOvBlU

[Arwel]

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So after the slight argument with the tyre wall in Pembrey, work has began to make Pugsley look his best again. Still a lot to do but it'll get there soon enough.

[Arwel]

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More work done tonight. Really starting to take shape now. Even straightened out an old battle scar.

[Arwel]

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More done tonight. All filler work has been done and its now in primer. Hopefully we should get first layer of paint on it tomorrow evening if we can get enough heat in the garage.

[Arwel]

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Did another good shift on the car last night and managed to get it all painted and lacured. Got the garage nice and warm first and apart from one or 2 little reactions which were dealt with, it all went pretty well.

Im leaving it untill Saturday now to cut it back and buff it all up and then put the whole thing back together.

[Arwel]

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All back together and left the garage earlier on. A few little details left to sort out but nothing major. A little test in the week and we'll be ready for the Tour of Epynt

[Arwel]

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All set for the Tour of Epynt. Will aiming for a good, clean run. Not worried about times on this one, a finish will do nicely.

[Paul C]

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Looking good Arwel - famous last words though - not worried about times??